Lyons Gave Brown Funds

DIGEST

April 15, 1998

ST. PETERSBURG — During her 1996 re-election campaign, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Jacksonville accepted $10,000 from a Milwaukee bank account with ties to embattled Baptist leader Henry Lyons, The St. Petersburg Times reported on Tuesday.

Brown, a Democrat and longtime political ally of Lyons, did not report the money on financial disclosure statements or campaign contribution reports, the newspaper reported.

Brown's attorneys denied any wrongdoing, saying that she did not use it for personal expenses and that Lyons, president of the National Baptist Convention USA, did not get any special treatment because of it.

Brown, 51, is up for re-election again and is popular in her district.